The Great Depression

By CiaraAebertshauser

  • J.J. Braddock Wins Heavyweight Boxing Title

    Braddock (born June 7, 1905, New York, New York, U.S.—died November 29, 1974, North Bergen, New Jersey) was an American world heavyweight boxing champion from June 13, 1935, when he outpointed Max Baer in 15 rounds at the Long Island City Bowl in New York City, until June 22, 1937, when he was knocked out by Joe Louis

  • Mein Kampf is Published

    Mein Kampf is a 1925 autobiographical manifesto by Nazi Party leader Adolf Hitler.

  • Stock Market Crash Begins Great Depression

    The stock market crash of 1929 caused the Great Depression because everyone lost money. Investors and businesses both put significant amounts of money into the market and tremendous amounts of money were lost when it crashed. Businesses closed and people lost their savings.

  • The Dust Bowl Begins

    The Dust Bowl, also known as “the Dirty Thirties,” started in 1930 and lasted for about a decade, but its long-term economic impacts on the region lingered much longer. Severe drought hit the Midwest and southern Great Plains in 1930. Massive dust storms began in 1931.

  • Adolf Hitler Become Chancellor of Germany

    Adolf Hitler (April 20, 1889 - April 30, 1945) was appointed chancellor of Germany in 1933 following a series of electoral victories by the Nazi Party. He ruled absolutely until his death by suicide in April 1945.

  • Franklin Roosevelt is Elected President (1st Time)

    In the 1932 presidential election, Roosevelt defeated president Herbert Hoover in a landslide victory.

  • CCC is Created

    The Civilian Conservation Corps was a voluntary government work relief program that ran from 1933 to 1942 in the United States for unemployed, unmarried men ages 18–25 and eventually expanded to ages 17–28

  • Olympic Games in Berlin

    The 1936 Summer Olympics were held in Berlin, Germany from August 1–16, 1936. The games were a propaganda opportunity for the Nazi regime, which used them to portray Germany as a tolerant and peaceful nation

  • WPA is Created

    President Franklin D. Roosevelt created the WPA with an executive order on May 6, 1935. It was part of his New Deal plan to lift the country out of the Great Depression by reforming the financial system and restoring the economy to pre-Depression levels. The unemployment rate in 1935 was at a staggering 20 percent.

  • Grapes of Wrath is Published

    Since the day it was published on April 14, 1939, The Grapes of Wrath has captured the American imagination, pulling back the curtain on a way of life that most of us could scarcely imagine, and showing us the powerful ways that literature can touch society.

  • The Four Freedoms Speech

    The Four Freedoms were goals articulated by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt on Monday, January 6, 1941

  • Kristallnacht

    Kristallnacht or the Night of Broken Glass, also called the November pogrom(s) was a pogrom against Jews carried out by the Nazi Party's Sturmabteilung

  • Wizard of Oz Premiers in Movie Theaters

    “The Wizard of Oz officially premiered in Hollywood on August 15, 1939, at Grauman's Chinese Theatre,” Jay said. “The film opened in wide release on August 25; however, as is often the case with major motion pictures, there are test, promotional, press and other types of screenings prior to the wide release.”

  • Germany Invades Poland

    Germany invaded Poland on September 1, 1939, which marked the beginning of World War II. The invasion was part of a joint attack by Nazi Germany, Slovakia, and the Soviet Union.